ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42779122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip29.5 min±11.1 min MOE
Worked from home6.7%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone57.1%±6.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip19.2%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute25.6 min → 29.5 min▲ 3.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 6.7%▲ 0.3 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit4.5% → 23.8%▲ 19.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.7% → 57.1%▼ 12.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone57.1% ±6.1 pp
Carpool6.2% ±5.2 pp
Public transit23.8% ±14.8 pp
Walk5.1% ±5.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp
Work from home6.7% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 2,042 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

75thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

23thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,007± 13 MOE
Workers age 16+2,042± 351 MOE
Workers with travel time1,906± 348 MOE
Estimated home workers136± 82 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.